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210 Report oF THE DIRECTOR OF THE © 
the Director of this Station, who is charged with the enforce- 
ment of the provisions of this excellent law. 
The following is a correct copy of the law: 
COPY OF THE NEW YORK STATE FERTI{TIZER LAW. 
Chapter 437. 
AN ACT for the protection and education of farmers and manu- 
facturers in the purchase and sale of fertilizers. 
APPROVED by the Governor May 24, 1899. Passed, three-fifths being present. 
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate 
and Assembly, do enact as follows: 
Section 1. All commercial fertilizers which shall be offered for 
sale, to be used in this state, shall be accompanied by an analysis 
stating the percentages contained, therein of nitrogen or its equiv- 
alent ammonia, of soluble and available phosphoric acid, the 
available phosphoric acid either to be soluble in water or in a 
neutral solution of citrate of ammonia as determined by the 
methods agreed upon by the American Society of Agricultural 
Chemists, and of potash soluble in distilled water. A legible —— 
statement of the analysis of the goods shall be printed on, or 
attached to each package of fertilizer offered for sale for use in 
the state; and where fertilizers are sold in bulk, to be used in this . 
state, an analysis shall accompany the same, with an affidavit that 
it is a true representation of the contents of the article or articles. 
§ 2. Manufacturers residing in this state, and agents or sellers 
of fertilizers made by persons residing outside the limits of this 
state, shall between the first and twentieth days of July, in each 
year, furnish to the Director of the New York State Agricultural 
Experiment Station, at Geneva, a list of the commercial fertilizers 
they manufacture or offer for sale for use in this state, with the 
names or brands by which they are known on the market, and 
the several percentages of nitrogen or its equivalent of ammonia, — 
of phosphoric acid soluble and available, and of potash, either 
single or combined, contained in said fertilizer, as called for in 
section one of this act. Whenever any fertilizer or fertilizing - 
ingredients are shipped or sold in bulk, for use by farmers in 
